The Monk Alexander of Vocha and Galich

Commemorated on March 27

      The Monk Alexander of Vocha and Galich pursued asceticism during the XV‑XVI Centuries. He founded a monastery in honour of the Transfiguration (Preobrazhenie) of the Lord on the banks of the River Vocha 50 versts distant from Galich. The Monk Alexander reposed at the beginning of the XVI Century and was buried in the church of the Transfiguration monastery founded by him. Soon after the death of the holy ascetic there began the veneration of him, his image was written and set up over the relics, buried beneathe a crypt.

© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.